On 31 January 2024, Admiralty Shipyards announced that the second Project 677 (Lada-class) diesel-electric submarine (SSK), named Kronstadt (B-586), had been commissioned for service in the Russian Federation Navy’s
(RFN’s) Northern Fleet.
Meanwhile, the fifth modified Project 955A Yuri Dolgorukiy-class (Borei A) ballistic missile submarine (SSBN), Knyaz Pozharsky (K-555), was launched at Sevmash Shipyard in early February. But does this indicate a change in fortunes for Russia’s submarines?
Kronstadt is the second Lada-class SSK to be delivered but is the first operational boat built to a modernised design. The first-of-class, Sankt Petersburg (B-585), was used as a trial platform entering service